Following up on Jack's comments

Following up on Jack's comments below... Usability guru Jakob Nielsen's latest column has prompted quite a debate at MacSlash, an Apple Mac discussion site. There are ill-informed gripes: Apple's OS X's anti-aliasing (a method of making type clearer on the screen) isn't in the same league as Microsoft's ClearType. But some posters have a point when they complain Nielsen has suggested Apple has forsaken software development for hardware innovation. This, after 12 months in which four digital hub applications have been launched by Apple (iTunes, iMovie, iDVD and iPhoto - all of which should please Nielsen's usability sensibilities) as well as the (less usable) Mac OS X, doesn't wash.